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That sounds like anhedonia which is a major symptom of depression. You should consider seeking help.

Regular sleep, exercise and reaching out to others who care about you can all help outside of professionals though.

The cure is doing something that benefits someone else. Hedonism is inherently boring.

My cure:

1. Take a walk every day. No headphones or music, just take a walk through your neighborhood, nature if it's nearby or anything. Aim for an hour each day, at least 30 minutes.
2. Look for non-screen hobbies, or at least non social media hobbies. Things like drawing, writing, making music, woodworking, 3d printing Warhammer, or even reading books. Don't beat yourself up if you don't work on your hobbies a lot though.

Besides this I hear people being positive about journaling, but I've never tried it.

What do you do when you feel bored?

On Friday I sat by a lake and ate a hotdog. On Sunday I walked up a hill and looked at a ruin of some sort.

Neither was very stimulating but I was not in a hurry to get home and be more bored. I also got some exercise and sunlight.

Find hobbies to help get you excited about things and less bored. If nothing appeals to you, you might have clinical depression

My cure is to try new hobbies/activities. Especially ones that require your complete focus. Like Motorsports. Personally I have a lot of anxiety when it comes to singing in front of people, resulting in everything else disappearing during the vocal lessons I for some reason signed up for.

It used to make me sad that I couldn't hold a single hobby, but I guess I'm just not built for it. Trying different ones as often as needed is more up my alley

I have literally felt that way since I was 17, every single day.

Esketamine did a lot to help with the overwhelming anhedonia. For around a year I was more able to enjoy doing things. Not perfect of course, but it definitely helped. ECT helped too, but it didn't last as long so I don't recommend it as a first plan. TMS helps some people, just not me.

Meds can help take the edge off too, but they aren't going to fix it. And in this hellscape of a world, I don't think there's any complete cure likely.

It might be worth looking into pursuing a hobby you care about more seriously, if you have one you do or are interested in trying. Having something regular to work on you can enjoy even sometimes gives you something to look forward to and feel kinda good about. For me that's mostly music, but it could be writing, board games, fencing, whatever.

You're worth keeping alive. I hope you can find something that helps.

Go out and do something

Go somewhere you haven't been yet.

Go places where there are other humans.

Go find a hobby you like and join a club.

Talk to people

Start practicing kyokushin.karate. most modest and humble people you can find who train hard to find peace

Go to a bar, talk to a stranger. Do it again. And agait. You'll learn, it'll become easier

Just do something, anything. Go out, meet people.

That is your cure

No. I have effectively defeated boredom.

Never in history has the average person (caveat: I live in a developed nation) had access to so many varied hobbies and forms of entertainment.

A more significant struggle is finding meaning. I have succeeded there too, but it is more of a challenge.

You need hobbies

As a kid I felt so frustrated with how bored I got that I had tantrums, on one or two occasions.

But nowadays I don't get bored at all - phone, video games and work/study mean there's always something to do, and not enough time in the day.

Boredom can be useful. Use it for self reflection, exercise, et cetera. I would credit how bored I was as a kid with how smart i was as a kid.

that isnt normal , you can be bored to "tear"s but people still find random things to do.

Do something you believe in. Or that you can make yourself believe in. If you are bored, that means you have spare time and energy. Go out, do something with people, preferably with nice ones

There is no cure, the treatment is distractions. Reducing the symptoms may cause the issue to resolve temporarily.

I have ADHD so boredom is like death anyway

I know it's time to find a new hobby that truly interests me.

Or, reflect on your life and see what's draining your energy. It's best to talk to a trusted friend.

Unironically, be bored more. If you are so tweaked out by the constant stimulation of modern life that even the deluge of content can't suffice, your brain has been broken. Meditate. Read. Listen to the sound of your breath. You will want to do something else. Do not do something else. Teach your brain to live at the speed of life.

I felt this when I was struggling with depression. I recommend seeking help for that.

Most days yeah, I'm 23 and struggling most of the time with how boring life is to me, I got hobbies that I never have the energy to do and new experiences just seem too much of an effort to try them out.

I have a deeply rooted romantization of death too so that definitely doesn't help

In my 20s? Drugs, alcohol, and live punk shows

Now in my 30s, 8 hours of sleep every night, staying physically active everyday, getting plenty of sun, always have something to look forward to(cooking on the weekend, taking a day trip just to explore, spending a whole day at home with my phone turned off messing around with blender, unity, or just writing code), enjoy the small things like reading a couple pages of a book I like every evening

Do something or if your comfort zone. Maybe something where you have concentrate fully on what you're doing on the moment, like climbing or downhill mountain biking or something like that but stay safe (instructor, safety equipment etc)

If you already tried therapy, going out oft your comfort zone, acting against what your boredom suggests you, try mushrooms or acid. If you dont feel ready to let go of control you can try MDMA first. Its not a solution but it can be an experience to show you there are possible other feelings to feel.

This is very risky so try everything else first!

No.

Wtf even is the cure?

It isn't cringe posting on lemmy, or you'd be cured by now.

Finding purpose.

That's just ADHD

Drugs and alcohol, and music.

Bored no. Everything being trumped up and not looking like it will get better. Yes.

It could be so many things, so hard to give advice. For me, a big part of it was sleep related, and I could only fix it with medication; if you have adhd it may be similar. The medical issues gave me the feeling of I'm painfully bored but my body refuses to do/enjoy anything, and I just want the sweet release of ~~death~~ deep sleep.

On the other hand, I was also so used to delaying gratification for school/work that I literally didn't know how to enjoy myself. I think finding the little things that bring you joy and incorporating it into your daily/ weekly/ monthly routine helps a lot. Something like: on Sundays I get to eat pizza or if I reach my short-term goal/milestone, I'll take myself to the cool place I never get to go to. I started doing this after getting a dog. So literally train yourself to love life like a dog.

Everyone has at some point. Philosophy has answers but it can have the exact opposite effect. Something that helped me is this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv79l1b-eoI And others from him